Inspirational Sports Quotes About Becoming Legendary and Mindset

Motivational Sports Quotes About Developing Greatness

Our latest collection of the best and most famous inspirational sports quotes on Everyday Power Blog.

All athletes need motivation and constant reminders to be at their best during both practice and gameplay. Why? Because it’s so easy to relax, fall off and fall back. Even when you love what you do! Most people cannot relate to the extreme work ethic it takes to be an athlete and as we all know, a few words can go along way.

When we hear about some of the most successful athletes and sport stars, they were also master motivators. Motivating their team to go beyond all previous limits and push themselves into new territory and high levels of performance. And more times than not, the team listens! Jordan! Kobe! Wayne! Ray Lewis! Just to name a few, are all master motivators.

We searched the web for the best motivational sportsquotes we could find to inspire athletes of all ages, to be the best they can be, on and of the court/field/gym.

Enjoy these wonderful motivational quotes for athletes!

Inspirational and Famous Sports Quotes For All Serious Athletes

1.) “Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.”– Frank L. Gaines

2.) “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” – Muhammad Ali

3.) Today, you have 100% of your life left.- Tom Landry

4.) “A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”– Mary Lou Retton

5.) “Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.”– Jackie Joyner-Kersee

6.) “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.”– Ernie Banks

More famous sports quotes for athletes and winners

34.) “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”– Michael Phelps

35.) “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” – Wayne Gretzky

36.) Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. – Vince Lombardi

37.) “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” – John Wooden

38.) “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”– Muhammad Ali

39.) “What keeps me going is not winning, but the quest for reaching potential in myself as a coach and my kids as divers. It’s the pursuit of excellence.” – Ron O’Brien

40.) “Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.”– Ross Perot

41.) “I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that’s true for a lot of women—sports gives you a part of your life where you can work at something and you look in the mirror and you like that person.” – Teri McKeever

42.) “Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”– Dan Gable

43.) “The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”– Wayne Gretzky

More inspirational sports quotes from legends

44.) “The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.” – Eddie Resse

45.) “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”– William A. Ward

46.) “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” –Muhammad Ali

47.) “Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do…but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there. ”– Venus Williams

48.) “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”– Lance Armstrong

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I really like #45 “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” All of these examples are invigorating, thoughtful and powerful. Here are more slogans for athletes, fitting for any pep talk or speech, if it’s cool to share: Locker Room Slogans

William nailed the ‘Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records’ quote. Wow, really enjoyed that one. If you don’t mind I wanted to share some locker room slogans I found that maybe you and your visitors will enjoy. Thanks and here they are: Locker Room Slogans

“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success.” by Ross Perot This is one of my favorites. All too often in everything we do we just fall short of reaching our goals. Just a few more steps, just around the next corner, we just need to keep on pushing through and we’ll get where we want to be.

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These are some of the nicest collection of quotes I came across in recent past. This quotes give me an inspiration to keep doing hard work without worrying about its result. Thanks for sharing this wonderful quotes.